{"id":1046785,"date":"2026-11-04T07:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1046785"},"modified":"2026-11-04T07:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T02:09:18","slug":"virgin-media-o2-to-cut-jobs-halt-fibre-rollout-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/11\/04\/virgin-media-o2-to-cut-jobs-halt-fibre-rollout-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media O2 to cut jobs, halt fibre rollout in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: British mobile and broadband company Virgin Media O2 is cutting jobs and halting its fibre rollout as it seeks to increase profitability and reduce debt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cost savings at an annual run rate of approximately \u00a3800 million by 2029, with around \u00a3400 million delivered in 2027, will result in a reduction in roles and fewer organisational layers&#8230;&#8221; the telco said, adding that senior leadership changes are already underway. The company will also increasingly embed AI and digital tools to support faster decision-making and delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: British mobile and broadband company Virgin Media O2 is cutting jobs and halting its fibre rollout as it seeks to increase profitability and reduce debt. &#8220;Cost savings at an annual run rate of approximately \u00a3800 million by 2029, with around \u00a3400 million delivered in 2027, will result in a reduction in roles and fewer organisational layers&#8230;&#8221; the telco said, adding that senior leadership changes are already underway. The company will also increasingly embed AI and digital tools to support faster decision-making and delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,60,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-economic-times","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046789,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046785\/revisions\/1046789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}